International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 28 Issue 6

Guest editorial

Fevzi Okumus, Po-Ju Chen, Nelson A. Barber, Wilco Chan, Willy Legrand

Social entrepreneurship in tourism: applying sustainable livelihoods approaches

Gabriel C.M. Laeis, Stefanie Lemke

This paper aims to investigate whether the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) enables an analysis of the complex interrelations and interdependencies between social…

Examining the motivations for social entrepreneurship using Max Weber’s typology of rationality

Makarand Mody, Jonathon Day, Sandra Sydnor, William Jaffe

This paper aims to utilize a framework from classic sociology – Max Weber’s Typology of Rationality – to understand the motivations for social entrepreneurship in responsible…

Students climbing the entrepreneurial ladder: Family social capital and environment-related motives in hospitality and tourism

Giovanna Campopiano, Tommaso Minola, Ruggero Sainaghi

This paper aims to address the research question of whether family social capital affects the degree of engagement in the entrepreneurial process in the case of hospitality and…

Exploring the motivations of tourism social entrepreneurs: The role of a national tourism policy as a motivator for social entrepreneurial activity in Ireland

Ziene Mottiar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the motivations of social entrepreneurs. It explores the case of the Gathering in Ireland in 2013, when against a backdrop of recession…

Social innovation success factors: hospitality and tourism social enterprises

Ines Alegre, Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent

This paper aims to contribute to the existing literature on social enterprises and business model innovation. Particularly, it sheds some light on those factors that turn a social…

Entrepreneurial networks across the business life cycle: the case of Alpine hospitality entrepreneurs

Andreas Strobl, Christopher Kronenberg

This paper aims to deliver a detailed understanding about the dynamics of entrepreneurial networks along the enterprise life cycle of hospitality enterprises.

Building social entrepreneurship for the hotel industry by promoting environmental education

Shih-Shuo Yeh, Tao Ma, Tzung-Cheng Huan

Social entrepreneurship by hoteliers in “going green” promotes a better future for the environment and arguably also for the human race. However, going green potentially increases…

Social entrepreneurs: innovating rural tourism through the activism of service science

Kang-Lin Peng, Pearl M.C. Lin

This study aims to construct an integrated social entrepreneur system in the rural area of Hengshan, Taiwan, that could benefit four stakeholders, namely, tourists, business…

Learning with the market: A market approach and framework for developing social entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality

Marianna Sigala

Although the generation of social value is the focus of social entrepreneurship, little research attention is paid on how social value and transformation can be created. By…

From nonprofit organization to social enterprise: The paths and future of a Chinese social enterprise in the tourism field

Chunlei Wang, Zhaowen Duan, Larry Yu

This study aims to examine the development of a social enterprise in China’s tourism industry by analyzing the coevolution of the social entrepreneur and the social system.